Vegetable exudates as food for Callithrix spp. (Callitrichidae): exploratory patterns.

Marmosets of the genus Callithrix are specialized in the consumption of tree exudates to obtain essential nutritional resource by boring holes into bark with teeth. However, marmoset preferences for particular tree species, location, type, and other suitable factors that aid in exudate acquisition n...

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Main Authors: Talitha Mayumi Francisco, Dayvid Rodrigues Couto, José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrão, Ita de Oliveira Silva, Vanner Boere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4221360?pdf=render